Fishing Lac de la Queue in Côte-Nord, Quebec

• Overview

  In Quebec, Lac de la Queue falls inside Côte-Nord. This is spruce and muskeg ground. The water covers some 12 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. A shoreline of some 1.7 km keeps the choices simple. Nearest town is Godefroy, 74 km off. Fermont is 203 km and Port-Cartier 210 km. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac de la Queue

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Survey and observation records for Côte-Nord include logperch. The county figures include rivers and lakes alike. The near bank of Lac de la Queue is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The year swings from about -21°C in January to roughly 14°C in July. Cold dominates the year and the fishing works around it. Ice-out usually falls in mid May, and the weeks after it fish hardest. On the long-run averages the water opens up around mid May and starts locking again about early November. June through September is the settled part of the year, with the shoulders busier for fish. It holds true on Lac de la Queue more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. No made access is recorded, so a short walk in is the likely arrangement. For the perch, a small jig tipped with worm, dropped along the edges, is hard to beat. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Failing this one, try Lac du Rat, 0.8 km away. For Lac de la Queue in particular, ask before you travel.